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The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

Snoopy1

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No problem. The angel wing design planes are fun builds. My Pugv2 was a very fun build and flies pretty darn good for a baby dlg
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I doubt it’s come down to this permanently. I think a lot of this has come down to integrating the airspace quickly for commercial UAV’s and the recreational fliers like us will eventually become integrated properly. But the only way for the governments to do it quickly was to (wrongly) blanket regulate unfortunately.
The big problem is that fixed wing aircraft got put together with drones. I believe it was MAAC that got greedy and thought we can make a lot of money from the drones we are All one happy family. Well I guess not. Very little drones joined MAAC but we all got painted with the same brush, this is how we got into this big mess. It could be the end of MAAC.
 

AKNick

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The big problem is that fixed wing aircraft got put together with drones. I believe it was MAAC that got greedy and thought we can make a lot of money from the drones we are All one happy family. Well I guess not. Very little drones joined MAAC but we all got painted with the same brush, this is how we got into this big mess. It could be the end of MAAC.

With no provision. All of us suffered when congress pushed the FAA here to provide a solution quickly. That’s no easy feat for the government. The FAA here is essentially being pushed.
AMA is the same, what’s different is the FAA worked with AMA to create nomenclature for a CBO (Community Based Operator) this gives flexibility for others to become a CBO as well as AMA. Unlike MAAC… MAAC was greedy and creating a provision for only themselves. That’s what any operator would do to survive. Without it they are just insurance like the AMA.

My take away is we need to be active in guiding our leadership (congress, FAA, MAAC, AMA) with solutions and ideas - not just whining…. I do a lot of the latter LOL

This isn’t over, I honestly believe we will be integrated better. Technology isn’t there yet to comply which will delay things, There is so much legacy model aviation and drones out there that it’s impossible for this much government oversight, kids and adults use this hobby as a Segway to full scale - it’s factual and I’m living proof as well. There most be a responsible way to govern this and make the necessary provisions…. There I go whining LOL

Where’s the call to act? I feel dumbfounded to the point I’m not sure what to ask of my congressmen. How much information is enough or too much?
Maybe I’ll write a detailed essay…
 

Snoopy1

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Spent a lot of time yesterday turning balsa blocks into balsa sheeting. Let me tell you that was not easy and extremely dusty. Some years ago at the Toledo air show a person was selling balsa blocks 4*4*60 about. Bought 5 of them they turned out to be on the heavy side but at cost and how difficult it is get balsa it will do the job ended up with almost 50 sheets at 2mm thickness to cut back on the weight a little. Nice thing is the sheets are 60 inches long.
 

Snoopy1

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Did not get his name just paid the gentleman picked up wood and left, cannot even remember the person I was looking at the balsa wood.
 

BalsaDust

Moderator
Trainer restoration is almost complete.
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